Category Archives: toronto

Goings on at the hub.

Shanghai Dim Sum

Posted on 4 June 2011 by leacock

Shanghai Dim Sum is a sort of shack sitting in a corner lot in Scarborough. It looks a bit like a converted Dairy Queen from the outside, but the inside is a cosy, old timey slice of colonial Shanghai, complete … Continue reading →

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Holiday cheese

Posted on 6 January 2010 by leacock

Christmas Eve: Bleubry# — cow — Québec (Portneuf)

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Butter tart trail

Posted on 4 December 2008 by leacock

The township of Wellington North has a Butter Tart Trail. For real! This article from the Toronto Star (3 December 2008) will whet your appetite, but you’ll also need the official map to plan your visit properly. Since we’re on … Continue reading →

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69 or 72 stations

Posted on 26 December 2006 by leacock

Lately, we’ve not only been riding the Rocket, we’ve been admiring it and wearing it too.

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Toasted almond scandal

Posted on 10 February 2006 by leacock

Think back to the birthday celebrations of yore at 54Leacock, to the times before Le Comptoir de Célestin, before Rahier Pâtisserie, even before Phipps, and you’ll find it hidden in a dusty corner of your memories… the Dufflet Toasted Almond … Continue reading →

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Persian treats

Posted on 11 December 2005 by leacock

These tiny, clover-shaped chickpea (nan-e-nokhochi) cookies perfumed with rosewater and dusted with a sprinkling of pistachio crumbs are a perfect combination of delicate flavours. You can find them (and many other exciting things including squiggly pofak, flaky raisin cookies and … Continue reading →

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Around the world

Posted on 12 November 2005 by leacock

The Toronto gang has been on the move this autumn. The contingent from 54 Leacock has just returned from some adventures in Seattle. Though everyone enjoyed the thundering magnificence of Snoqualmie Falls (familiar to fans of Twin Peaks), an unexpected … Continue reading →

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